Imagining Argentina (2002)

Directed by

Christopher Hampton

Genre

drama film

Country

Argentina, United Kingdom, United States, Spain

Runtime

1h 47m

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 55 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A couple live under a military dictatorship in Argentina during the Dirty War. The husband develops an ability to locate missing people but the regime is kidnapping and torturing citizens.

tensebleakheavysomberslow-pacedemotionalharrowinghistorical

What happens

Imagining Argentina is a 2003 drama historical film written and directed by British playwright Christopher Hampton and starring Antonio Banderas, Emma Thompson, Leticia Dolera and Rubén Blades. It is based on the award-winning eponymous 1987 novel by American writer Lawrence Thornton. It was nominated for the Golden Lion at the 2003 Venice Film Festival. The film is centered on a couple living through the oppressive last military dictatorship in Argentina (1976-1983) and the Dirty War it conducted. Graphic images of suffering, such as rape and torture, are depicted. The closing caption states that a total of nearly 30,000 Argentines were "disappeared" through this period. The film was a joint USA/Argentina/Spain/UK production. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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